Alliance Leader David Ford has announced that Party Deputy Leader Naomi Long will take up the post of Deputy Chair of the Assembly Committee of the Centre. Naomi Long has stated that she will use the role to apply pressure on the new Executive to build a genuinely shared future for everyone in Northern Ireland. […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has stated that the opportunities provided by the new Gateway Business Park at the International Airport must be fully capitalized upon. He stated that this project will not only provide large number of jobs, but will also provide a chance to upgrade the public transport links locally. The South Antrim Assembly […]
Alliance Party Justice Spokesperson, Stephen Farry MLA, has responded to today’s publication of the latest report of the Independent Monitoring Commission by stressing that there is clearly an urgent need for Loyalists to deliver on winding down paramilitary activity, and if they fail to do the Governments must reassess their strategy for dealing with them. […]
Antrim Alliance Councillor Alan Lawther has welcomed news that work has started on the new business park beside Belfast International Airport and he stated that the project will give the Antrim area a massive economic boost. The Gateway project could create up to 8,000 new jobs for the area over the next 15 years and […]
Alliance Arts Spokesperson Cllr Sara Duncan has demanded more funding be given to local Arts project at a protest in Belfast ‘s Cathedral Quarter today. The protest was organised by Invest in Inspiration and was held to raise awareness at the lack of public cash made available for local arts projects. Cllr Sara Duncan is […]
Alliance Culture Arts and Leisure Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has hit out the DUP’s Edwin Poots for send out an official statement using government department resources before he has even become Culture Arts and Leisure Minister. Kieran McCarthy said that this move is disgraceful and flies in the face of the DUP’s absurd strategy of […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has demanded that the new Education Minister Caitríona Ruane help vulnerable and low achieving school pupils. His comments come on the day that a report by the Northern Ireland Chief Inspector of Schools, Marian Matchett, is to be published outlining these problems. Trevor Lunn also called for the new […]
Alliance Economy Spokesperson Séan Neeson MLA, is today giving a speech at the Labour Relations Agency Conference outlining the need for a local Business Forum, an initiative that only Alliance has campaigned for. He will also tell the conference, which is being held at the Stormont Hotel, that a good labour relations record will help […]
Alliance Party Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has stated that the Ulster Unionists showed hypocrisy in stating that they want to form a coalition against DUP/Sinn Fein yet decided not to go into opposition in the forthcoming Assembly. He stated that Alliance is the only alternative and only opposition to the tribal Executive. He went […]
Antrim Alliance Councillor Alan Lawther has welcomed news that Panorama is reporting the findings of its investigation into TV phone quizzes. He stated that Alliance raised this problem at the start of February and wants to see a fair system. TV phone quizzes are extremely costly to participants and there has recently been much controversy […]